da fezbet： Ace leg-spinner Anil Kumble has still not recovered fully from hisshoulder injury and would be out of action for another two months
13-Jun-2001Ace leg-spinner Anil Kumble has still not recovered fully from hisshoulder injury and would be out of action for another two months.BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele said on Wednesday that the bowler couldnot be selected for the the triangular one-day series with Zimbabweand West Indies as he was not match fit.”We are in touch with him but he is still not match fit and is ruledout for the next two months,” Lele said after announcing a 14-memberteam for the June 23-July 7 tri-series.Kumble, who underwent an operation on his bowling arm, is also likelyto miss the tour of Sri Lanka from July 15 to September 2, he said.Selection committee chairman Chandu Borde spoke very highly of Kumbleand said, “once Kumble comes back into the side, I think the Indianteam will be one of the formidable outfits in the world. He andHarbhajan (Singh) can form a deadly combination and no country cantake a leg spin-off spin combination lightly,” he said.